Subsidies go into public transit, but for a reason. Even if you drive and never use public transportation you benefit from it by having freer movement in the ro

Subsidies go into public transit, but for a reason. Even if you drive and never use public transportation you benefit from it by having freer movement in the roads. The whole point isn't that such a subsidy exists, it's asking whether it's a subsidy we actually want to be making. Additionally, it's not surprising that it makes up a large portion of city budgets, because city governments have the most narrow and local focus of any other in America. They're often not even on the level of county government, let alone state government.